Information Security Program

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 72534-72535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33643]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

14 CFR Part 1203

[Notice 99-166]
RIN 2700-AC26


Information Security Program

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: NASA is amending the regulations on its Information Security

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Program, to reflect the correct citation of the applicable Executive 
Order, a change in the title designation of one NASA office, and an 
update of the membership list of the NASA Information Security Program 
Committee.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Director, NASA Security Management Office, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Hagan, 202-358-2308.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 1203

    Classified information, Foreign relations.

PART 1203--INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM

    For reasons set out in the preamble, 14 CFR Part 1203 is amended as 
follows:
    1. The authority citation for part 1203 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2451 et seq. and E.O. 12958, 60 FR 19825, 3 
CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 333.

    2. Section 1203.100 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 1203.100  Legal basis.

    (a) Executive Order 12958 (hereinafter referred to as ``the 
Order''). The responsibilities and authority of the Administrator of 
NASA with respect to the original classification of official 
information or material requiring protection against unauthorized 
disclosure in the interest of national defense or foreign relations of 
the United States (hereinafter collectively termed ``national 
security''), and the standards for such classification, are established 
by ``the Order'' (E.O. 12958, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 333), as amended 
(See, Order of October 13, 1995, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp, p. 513), and the 
Information Security Oversight Office Directive No. 1, as amended (32 
CFR part 2001, ``Classified National Security Information'');
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    3. Section 1203.202 is amended by revising paragraph (g) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 1203.202  Responsibilities.

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    (g) The Director, NASA Security Management Office, is responsible 
for establishing procedures for the safeguarding of classified 
information or material (e.g., accountability, control, access, 
storage, transmission, and marking) and for ensuring that such 
procedures are systematically reviewed; and those which are duplicative 
or unnecessary are eliminated.
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    4. Section 1203.900 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 1203.900  Establishment.

    Pursuant to Executive Order 12958, ``National Security 
Information'' and the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as 
amended, there is established a NASA Information Security Program 
Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) as part of the 
permanent administrative structure of NASA. The Director, NASA Security 
Management Office, is designated to act as the Chairperson of the 
Committee. The Senior Security Specialist, NASA Security Management 
Office, is designated to act as the Committee Executive Secretary.
    5. Section 1203. 902 is amended by revising the introductory text 
and paragraph (a) as follows:


Sec. 1203.902  Membership.

    The Committee will consist of the Chairperson and Executive 
Secretary. In addition, each of the following NASA officials will 
nominate one person to Committee memberships:
    (a) Associate Administrator for:
    (1) Aero-Space Technology.
    (2) Space Science.
    (3) Space Flight.
    (4) External Relations.
    (5) Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications.
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Daniel S. Goldin,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-33643 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]
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